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Subject: 
Re: May Day "riots" in London
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Date: 
Thu, 11 May 2000 16:58:19 GMT
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jsproat@io./antispam/com
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Farlie A wrote:
From what I hear in the media It appears that the group that destroyed the
monument was a minority and mainly linked to outlawed Turkish Communist groups.

This is the first I've heard of it; can you please give some pointers?  I'm
doubly curious as it happened on my birthday, and we're vacationing to London
a a couple of weeks (not exactly a double whammy, but still, I'm curious.)

Cheersm
- jsproat

--
Jeremy H. Sproat <jsproat@io.com> ~~~ http://www.io.com/~jsproat/
Never leave a ferret to do a bunny's job.
  - Bun Bun



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  Re: May Day "riots" in London
 
(...) groups. (...) It was mentioned in an Evening Standard (A London Evening Newspaper) on Firday 5th? of May. Plus some of the grafiti looked supicously like old soviet symbols to me... Alex (24 years ago, 11-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
  Re: May Day "riots" in London
 
(...) I know you don't know Turkish, but here is a link: (URL) was first page news in almost all the other newspapers here, too. Actually, "Turkish Communist Groups" are not so enough to describe. They are actually terrorists. Although I have quite (...) (24 years ago, 12-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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  Re: May Day "riots" in London
 
(...) I can only assume that you are from Turkey. If so your'e the first non UK view I'v heard on the issue. Further to my earlier posting: I condem the action of those that defaced the monument. However apart from that some of the groups invloved (...) (24 years ago, 11-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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